The Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective is a tight-knit community of professional filmmakers in Brooklyn, NY who are dedicated to innovative approaches to filmmaking. The collective comes together through weekly peer workshops to provide sustained feedback and critiques throughout the life of its members' projects. It is the mission of the BFC to inspire groundbreaking films and maximize exposure of the best work from Brooklyn-based filmmakers.

Santos was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and is of Cape Verdean descent. Nicholas is currently pursuing his Film MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University School of the Arts. He attended Ithaca College, where he graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Cinema & Photography.